Imagine you’re having a conversation in a foreign language and simply can’t understand what somebody just said to you. What do you do then? At least I often find myself blurting out something slightly rude like “What?” or “Huh?” instead of a nicer, more sensible reaction. In very informal speech, such as with close friends, it may be alright to use expressions like “Huh?” or “What?” in English, German or Spanish when you couldn’t hear or understand somebody, but in…
Are you going on a holiday under the Spanish sun? We have gathered a handy list of useful expressions that will help you in many situations. If you want to impress yourself, your travelling companion and the local people when travelling, learn at least these! ¿Hola, cómo está? – Hi, how are you? ¿Me podría ayudar? – Can you help me? Una cerveza, por favor. – One beer, please. You can use the same phrase to order coffee or a glass of sangria…
Did you know that words are divided into classes called parts of speech according to their grammatical properties? Words belonging to different parts of speech have distinct roles in a sentence: verbs express action, while nouns denote things and adjectives their qualities. Recognizing parts of speech is very useful when learning a foreign language. The part of speech to which a word belongs guides its use in a sentence and defines the correct word order and punctuation. Knowing the role…
